October 2024 – Page 4

Ex-Senate President, Wayas, set for burial three years after

31.10.2024

The body of the former president of the Senate, Dr Joseph Wayas, who died on November 30, 2021, would be buried on November 30, three years after his demise. This was announced by Dr Dorn-Cklaimz Enamhe, Secretary of the Central Planning Committee for Wayas’ burial, during a press briefing in Calabar on Thursday. According to...

BREAKING: Withdraw tax reform bills, NEC tells Tinubu

31.10.2024

The National Economic Council, on Thursday, asked President Bola Tinubu to withdraw the Tax Reforms Bills from the National Assembly to allow for wider consultations and consensus building. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said this formed part of resolutions reached at the 144th meeting of the National Economic Council at the State House, Abuja. Makinde...

Megan Thee Stallion admits to sleeping with Tory Lanez

31.10.2024

American rapper, Megan Thee Stallion has admitted to having a sexual relationship with her Canadian counterpart, Tory Lanez before their fallout. DAILY POST recalls that Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in August last year after he was convicted in December 2022 of assault with a semi-automatic firearm and two other felonies for...

FG secures N2.8bn Google grant for AI development

31.10.2024

The Federal Government has secured a grant of N2.8 billion from Google to boost artificial intelligence talent development across Nigeria, aiming to close skill gaps and position the country at the forefront of AI innovation in Africa. Announcing the partnership at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy,...

Panic as commercial bus catches fire in Anambra

31.10.2024

No fewer than 14 passengers narrowly escaped death by the whisker while the driver sustained a minor injury when the bus they were travelling in suddenly went up in flames along the Old Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident, which happened on Wednesday, created panic and heavy gridlock on...

Police won’t protect officers involved in land grabs, rights violations — AIG

31.10.2024

The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 16, Adebola Hamzat, has warned that the Nigeria Police Force will not shield officers involved in land grabbing or human rights abuses. He stressed that the Force, under Inspector General Kayode Egbetokun, maintains zero tolerance for extortion and other misconduct. Hamzat made this statement in Port Harcourt on...

Involve local refiners in petroleum production, Reps urge FG

31.10.2024

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to develop a blueprint for the involvement of indigenous refiners in the nation’s petroleum production value chain. The House’s resolution followed the adoption of a motion on the need to reform and regulate Nigerian petroleum production to integrate artisanal refiners into the value chain. The...

Don’t waste your time fighting Obaseki, Ganduje tells Okpebholo

31.10.2024

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday urged Edo Governor-Elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, to focus on governance and quit trying to pick a quarrel with the outgoing Governor Godwin Obaseki. Ganduje made the appeal when he received a delegation of Edo APC led by the former lawmaker who came to...

Tinubu not discriminating against any region, says minister

31.10.2024

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that President Bola Tinubu has no intention of discriminating against any region, describing the recent power outage in the north as unfortunate. He stated this on Thursday while delivering an address during a meeting with Kano State government officials on how to collaborate in improving power supply...

High interest rates gagging SMEs’ formative years-Nestoil GMD

31.10.2024

The Group Managing Director of Nestoil Group, Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi, has faulted punitive interest rates and excessive collateral demands for the collapse of many Small and Medium Enterprises in their formative years. Indeed, many SMEs lack the collateral required by banks, making it difficult to secure loans, and are also challenged by exorbitant interest rates deterring...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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